1950's Mantle Run Complete! - SCAN HEAVY!

[talkinbaseball]

Great run of the "Mick"

[ALR-bishop]

Bravo

[MattyC]

Thx, fellas! I just know I'm gonna cave and seek out a nicely centered 1960 Topps Mick-- and the slope is slippery from there!

[Bestdj777]

Beautiful cards. Congrats on completing the run. Cannot wait to see your 60s run!

[Vintagevault13]

Great cards! Congrats. Looking forward to seeing what you get in 2014.

[GregC]

Absolutely stunning run brother. Can't wait to see them in person. That '57 is very sharp for the grade. I still think you need the 58 all star though. It's such a beauty.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by GregC

Absolutely stunning run brother. Can't wait to see them in person. That '57 is very sharp for the grade. I still think you need the 58 all star though. It's such a beauty.

.......apologies for my crappy antique scanner and overly-handled 15-year-old BGS holders.... but you should listen to your lil bro......the '58 All Star belongs in there...have fun with the '60's.

[MattyC]

Those corners on the 58 AS look dangerous!

And is the 54B not one of the most American Pie images in all of collecting? Just an awesome card, that one. And that example really shines for the grade.

[Harliduck]

Wow. I know everyone loves the older ones the most, but that 57 is spectacular. You just don't see that type of centering on that card, and it's clean. NICE. Thanks for posting!

[Stonepony]

Well done! Great run

[JollyElm]

Great stuff. Yowza!!!

[g_vezina_c55]

You are in fire matty
Impressive congrat !

[corey dean]

That is impressive.

[Samsdaddy]

Very impressive.

My favorite two are the 1957 and 1959 Topps cards.

[brian1961]

Matty---

Well done, bro, well done. Your selection shows you not only sought good centering, but superb picture registration. I simply love your 52, 53, and 56 Topps. Your 54 Bowman is such a honey with that crisp focus. Love 'em!

Stay good and picky for a good 60, one of my all-time favorites.

Again, impressive Mickey Mantle collection run. ---Brian Powell

[Sean1125]

Nice run Matt!

[MattyC]

Brian,

That really means a lot, man. Maybe the nicest thing a fellow collector can say. Much thanks. I just simply don't have the loot to reel in perfect 9s and 10s at the big AHs, so finding lower graded examples with greater appeal than their number grade was something of a challenge.

Sean,

My man! Holla when on the West Side!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Bunker]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Thx, fellas! I just know I'm gonna cave and seek out a nicely centered 1960 Topps Mick-- and the slope is slippery from there!

The 60 Topps Mantle is one of my favorite cards so I hope you do cave! The centering and registration on your cards are awesome, you have a great eye (and I bet a lot of patience)

If you do cave on the 60 you may as well keep going, you have all the big dollar monsters behind you.

[MBMiller25]

So......This is not my money, so its easy to make this next comment, but I have been thinking about it, and think you need to complete the entire run. You love Mantle, and have knocked out all the difficult and terribly expensive cards. There are not many people out there that can say they have every base card for Mantle.

[pawpawdiv9]

i tried that myself..it got too expensive..If i had to re-do it..i would of only went for the major cards. Thats one of the reasons i been selling off my other base cards and stuff over the past several months.
If there was one thing i had to re-do..was going for the 1963 plaque/mask i was gonna win in auction. It was a rare piece and unique in every way...but spending over 5k on it was a deciding factor to save up for the 52 #311 RC...worth it? everyday

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

i tried that myself..it got too expensive..If i had to re-do it..i would of only went for the major cards. Thats one of the reasons i been selling off my other base cards and stuff over the past several months.

You'll be back If I could do it over again, not sure if I would have gone for the complete run or just focused on the major cards myself. When I see a collection like this, it makes me wish I had focused my funds a bit more. Although I really like the look of 95% of my regional, foreign issue, rare inserts, some of my base cards are atrocious (i.e. I only have the circle portion of the 59 Topps...If anyone has a spare border they would like to part with...).